India: climate

_____ is the daily state of the atmosphere at a place .

• Weather

• Climate

• Winds

• Tropical climate

India lies between the latitudes ______.

• 6°N to 36°N

• 15°W to 40°W

• 8°N to 37°N

The climate of a place depends on its distance from

• Latitudes

• Equator

• Altitude

• Longitude

In the south , Thiruvananthapuram is _____ all the year around

• Warm

• Cold

• Rainy

• Monsoon

Factors which does not effect climate are______.

• Relief features- mountain and hills.

• Upper air currents and prevailing winds.

• Distance from sea

• Loo

The local thunder storms is called

• Loo

• Kalbaisakhi

• Retreating monsoon

• Wind

Advancing monsoon is also called

• Northwest monsoon

• Mausim

• SouthWest monsoon

• Retreating monsoon

The gradual withdrawal of the monsoon is called

• advance monsoon

• Retreating monsoon

• Autumn

• Summer

How do Himalayas prevent the monsoon winds into centeral india

• Moisture - laden wind

• Rainfall

• Blowing

• Thunder storm

True or false

The rays of the sun are vertical along the tropic of cancer

• True

• False